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HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE
卷 27, 期 2, 页码 97-115出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2021.1885768
关键词
Attitudes; benefits; existence beliefs; giraffes; normative beliefs
资金
- Kenya Wildlife Service
- Northern Rangelands Trust
- Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Loisaba Conservancy
- Nature Conservancy
- Sarara Camp
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
- Leiden Foundation
- Alan and Victoria Peacock
The study found that communities in northern Kenya have a positive attitude towards the reticulated giraffe species and believe that giraffe populations should increase. Perceived benefits were positively related to attitudes and existence beliefs, but there was less evidence of positive associations between cognitions and normative beliefs.
Giraffe populations are in continued decline and there is limited work on the human dimensions of giraffe conservation. This article assessed relationships among human dimensions concepts (normative belief, attitude, existence belief, perceptions) specific to the reticulated giraffe species (Giraffa reticulata) in northern Kenya. Data from in-person structured interviews with community conservancy members in two areas (n = 584) indicated that these concepts differed by study area, but overall, respondents felt positively toward this species of giraffe, valued giraffes as very important, and believed that giraffe populations should increase. Perceived benefits were positively related to both attitudes toward and existence beliefs about giraffes, although results provide less evidence of positive associations between cognitions about giraffes and normative beliefs. These findings support that conservation messaging should be tailored to localized contexts, providing implications for integration of human dimensions information into giraffe conservation efforts.
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